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Douglas Jardine

Douglas Robert Jardine

Born: 23 October 1900, Malabar Hill, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Died: 18 June 1958, Montreux, Switzerland
Major Teams: Oxford University, Surrey, Services, England.
Known As: Douglas Jardine
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break


Test Debut: England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, 1928
Last Test:
England v India at Madras, 3rd Test, 1933/34

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1928

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   22   33   6  1296  127   48.00   1  10   26   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               1      0    10    0    -     -      0   0    -  10.00

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1920 - 1933)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  262  378  61 14848  214   46.83  35  72  188   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              2582  1493   48  31.10  6-28    1   0  53.7  3.46

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A controversial figure in cricket history, Jardine is mostly remembered as the captian of England in the bodyline series in 1932-33, directing his bowlers to aim short pitched fast deliveries at the batsman, supported by a packed leg side field. These tactics were developed specifically to counter-act the high scoring of the brilliant Bradman, and were successful, England winning the series but at the expense of cricketing relationships and good will between the countries. Disliked by many opponents, and hated in Australia, Jardine was a hard, aloof man (nicknamed the "Iron Duke") who inspired great loyalty from his players. He did little to defuse the high tensions of the 1932-33 series with his aristocratic and at times disdainful manner. Bodyline aside, he was a fine and innovative captain, and a very good batsman, immaculate in his defense, and particularly strong against fast bowling. When the West Indies deployed a barrage of fast, intimidatory bowling in 1933, Jardine, battered and bruised made 133. Of Scots background, and Indian birth, he followed his father into the Oxford team, and then joined Surrey, making his debut in 1923. Topping the national averages in 1927 and 1928, he became captain of Surrey in 1932, and shortly after that of England. He dropped out of first class cricket after 1934 and died of cancer at the relatively young age of 57. He has been described as a perfect gentleman, and one of England's finest captains but his willingness to put aside the spirit of the game in order to win at all costs led Benny Green to condemn him as "An outstanding cricketer, a brave man, and quite possibly a nincompoop of an intrinsically English genus" (Dave Liverman with thanks to Ashok Sridharan, 1999).

* Last Updated: Saturday, 17-Aug-2002 12:01:42 GMT


 
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